Problem when using conditional tag 'is_front_page' and a tag

  • I’m trying to display an HTML5 video in the header of the frontpage but the page doesn’t load and I get an error message Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘{‘, expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in

    This is the code that I’m using;

    <?php if (is_front_page())echo '<video id="example_video_1" class="video-js vjs-default-skin"
controls preload="auto" width="1278" height="720"
poster="https://imagestocksg.s3.amazonaws.com/preview/homepage-poster-test.jpg"
data-setup='{"example_option":true}'>
<source src="https://imagestocksg.s3.amazonaws.com/preview/homepage-video-test.mp4"
type='video/mp4' />
</video>'; ?>

    If I use an embedded Youtube video with an iframe it works fine;
    <?php if (is_front_page())echo '<iframe id="video-bg" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vLUNWYt3q1w?rel=0&autoplay=1&controls=0&loop=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>'; ?>

    I’m not a coder and really struggling to find a solution for this. I’ve looked everywhere. I’m assuming there’s an error with the coding but not sure what it is?

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  • Adrian

    (@adrianfraguela)

    Hi,

    Yes you do have an error in your code.

    What are you using data-setup for?

    Try this: 

    <?php
	if (is_front_page()){
		echo '
		<video
			id="example_video_1"
			class="video-js vjs-default-skin"
			controls
			preload="auto"
			width="1278"
			height="720"
			poster="https://imagestocksg.s3.amazonaws.com/preview/homepage-poster-test.jpg"
			data-setup=''>
				<source src="https://imagestocksg.s3.amazonaws.com/preview/homepage-video-test.mp4" type='video/mp4' />
		</video>';
	}    ?>
    Thread Starter metice

    (@metice)

    Hi Adrian,

    Thanks for taking a look at this. I’ve tried the code but still getting an error. This time it reads;
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ”> ‘ (T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING), expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in….

    Not sure where I picked up the ‘data-setup’. To be honest, I don’t even know what it does!

    Adrian

    (@adrianfraguela)

    Try this one.

    <?php
	if (is_front_page()){
		echo '
		<video
			id="example_video_1"
			class="video-js vjs-default-skin"
			controls
			preload="auto"
			width="1278"
			height="720"
			poster="https://imagestocksg.s3.amazonaws.com/preview/homepage-poster-test.jpg"
			>
				<source src="https://imagestocksg.s3.amazonaws.com/preview/homepage-video-test.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
		</video>';
	}    ?>
    Thread Starter metice

    (@metice)

    Thanks Adrian, that’s perfect!

    Just in case it helps anyone else, where was I going wrong?

    Adrian

    (@adrianfraguela)

    No problem,

    It was your actual PHP code that was wrong. It was incorrectly nested.

    Thread Starter metice

    (@metice)

    Thanks for your help, Adrian

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